Actress Elizabeth Taylor dies
Jewish Journal
March 23, 2011
Academy Award-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor, who maintained a support for Israel after converting to Judaism in the late 1950s, has died.
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Elizabeth Tayor dies at 79
Jewish Journal
March 23, 2011
Famed actress, Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79. She had recently been receiving treatment for congestive heart failure. Taylor was raised a Christian scientist, but converted to Judaism at age 27. Her Hebrew name is Elisheba Rachel Taylor.
Actress Claire Danes arrives in Israel
Jewish Journal
February 9, 2011
Actress Claire Danes has landed in Israel to film scenes for a new television series based on an Israeli show. Danes arrived Monday in Israelto film the Fox television series \”Patriots,\” based on the Israeli series \”Kidnapped,\” in which Israeli soldiers return after 17 years being held as POWs in Lebanon.
‘Nick and Norah’ star Kat Dennings is infinitely Jewish, in her own way
Amy Klein
October 30, 2008
After an article about her appeared in Vanity Fair, she blogged, \”push Aunt Nancy aside and throw open the screen door, because \’Hollywood\’s Next Wave\’ just got a lot Jewisher.\”
Israelis build new traditions at L.A. seders
Ayala Or-El
April 18, 2008
Nitzan and Shaul Barakan had to come all the way from Israel to the United States to learn words like \”afikoman\” and \”seder plate.\”
The couple, both born and raised on Kibbutz Kinneret, didn\’t have a clue that there is a haggadah that looks nothing like the one they used on the kibbutz.
‘Purple’ actress cherishes her own colorful history
Tom Tugend
December 14, 2007
It\’s not unusual for an actress to assume a professional name, but it was quite a stretch for the daughter of Haya Kapelovitch and granddaughter of Sofia Katz to become Stephanie St. James and star in the African American cast of \”The Color Purple.\”
‘NCIS’ Mossad agent’s cover gets blown — she’s Chilean
Tom Tugend
March 16, 2007
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